Progressive Universal Insurance Co. of Illinois v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co.

Docket No. 98329–Agenda 13–January 2005.

PROGRESSIVE UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Opinion filed April 21, 2005.

Ronald Abbinante delivered pizzas for Casale Pizza, Inc. While using his mother’s minivan to make a delivery, Abbinante struck and injured a pedestrian. The issue in this case is whether Progressive Universal Insurance Company of Illinois (Progressive), which issued the motor vehicle liability insurance policy on Abbinante’s mother’s van, had a duty to defend and indemnify him in a personal injury action…